FROM ATOMS TO QUARKS: An Introduction to the Strange World of Particle Physics
by James S. Trefil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684164841
- ISBN 13
- 9780684164847
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light rubs. Modern response to the ancient Greek query: " What is matter?" Lucid exposition of modern particle physics, explaining how the discipline reduces physical matter to various states, or combinations, of as a few elemental substances possible. Author of more than 30 books, Professor James S. Trefil (1938 -)skillfully opens the first door for those new to physics. 225 pgs w/diagrams in 24 chapters & appendices, Fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000462
- Title
- FROM ATOMS TO QUARKS: An Introduction to the Strange World of Particle Physics
- Author
- James S. Trefil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684164841
- ISBN 13
- 9780684164847
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Physics/Popular Science/Primer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir; Physics;
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